Pioneer will be unveiling its new AVIC-Z1 "intelligent" navigation system at the SEMA car show in Las Vegas next week.  I'll be there, on the showfloor, to get the details (to post here on GearLog.com and on TechnoRide.com).  But so far, it sounds pretty cool.  Of course, there's no telling if it's just hype. 

I just spoke with a rep from Pioneer's PR department and he wouldn't budge on any details, except to say that the AVIC-Z1 will be an in-car navigation system, so more than likely it will have to be professionally installed in your car.  He went on to say, the intelligent navigation system "will be what separates us from all the other navigation systems."  But that may just be PR talk. 

I want to know if it will have SiRFStarIII.

(Sorry about the poor photo--it's from a press release!)